Franklin, PA

Don't think we have ever stayed in this part of Pennsylvania, kind of upper northeast (south of Erie).  Left Kendallville this morning and continued on US 6 toward Ohio.  Didn't take too long to get there since we were almost at the eastern border of Indiana.

When we crossed into Ohio, the first town is Edgerton.  When we were here last year, there was a woman working on a mural on the side of the local firehouse in the City Park.  It celebrated their sesquicentennial - 1865 to 2015.  The actual celebration was going to be held in July and we came through in May 2015, so it wasn't finished yet.  Took a couple of pictures which I'll upload in the near future.

To continue our trail of presidents, we passed through Fremont, OH which was the home of Rutherford B. Hayes.  We took US 6 to US 20, looking for a golf course without any luck.  Finally, about 1:30 we found a neat course (Cossett Creek).  Played nine holes - it was too hot to play 18!

Our trip passed a lot of corn and soybeans in Indiana and western Ohio, then it turned into forested, hilly land.  The last city we passed in Ohio, was Warren - home of the Packard dynasty.  According to our handy dandy AAA guidebook, it was also the first city to light its' streets with incandescent lamps.  Amazing the little, useless facts you can get crossing the country.

When we passed into Pennsylvania, we took 82 to Sharon, PA and then followed US 62 to Franklin.  As flat and straight as US 6 and US 20 were, US 62 is the direct opposite.  Twisty turny (those are actual English words, you know).  We weren't sure exactly where we were going to stay since I had not included a Pennsylvania guidebook in my collection.  Thankfully, there was a good Quality Inn in Franklin.  After dinner at the Ale House, we took a walk downtown and admired the local architecture.  Beautiful, huge old homes - most of which have been converted to business use and the old downtown retail stores retain their original exteriors.  Kind of neat traveling through the small towns on the back roads and seeing the tree-lined streets and old homes.  Nothing quite like that in the West.

Tomorrow, we travel to Tim & Kathy's in Rochester where we hope to hook up not with them, but also my phone :-). 

Take care and enjoy life